The School at Chadong
Chadong village will no longer be where it has been for generations. In the weeks ahead, all that once constituted the village would be...
RIMS Controversy
The recent advertisement calling for candidacy to the important post of Director of the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, RIMS, is once again poised...
Revisiting Wonderland
Imagine a land where there is no law. If that is possible, you are either in the amazing dream world of Lewis Carroll`™s Alice...
State and non-state
The reaction, not just of the Government of India, but also a large section of right wing politicians and intelligentsia to the recent damning...
Immigrants then and now
The question is not an easy one by any standard. Just how is the issue of immigration, economic, political or otherwise, expected to be...
Debtors and creditors
The catastrophe unfolding in Greece is painful to watch, but in the impending tragedy are plenty of lessons for all. On July 5, the...
Back to 6th Schedule
The news today that the centre is willing to have the 6th Schedule extended to the hill districts of Manipur quite obviously would become...
Observing and Witnessing
`Thank you for the tragedy, I need it for my art.` Music lovers of the1980s and 1990s generation will remember the disdain in this...
Chadong`s Agony
The images of flood waters slowly but surely submerging Chadong village area in the Ukhrul district even as the shutters of the Mapithel multi-purpose...
Mekong lesson for Northeast India
By: Pradip Phanjoubam
The following is an account of the author`™s extended travel in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region nations, including Northern Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam,...
Life is good
Is there anything as a fundamental, given, purpose of life? The answer to this question must have to be at the foundation of all...
Unheeded Social Dementia
In Manipur, people go to the psychiatrist only when patients have lost their minds completely and have become insane. Many of the dysfunctional behaviours...
ADC White Paper
It is nearing a month since the elections to the Autonomous District Council, ADC, the local self governance bodies in the six ADC districts...
Govt Advertisement Route
The recent press release by the Department of Information and Public Relations, DIPR, that all government advertisements should be released only through the department...